Writing-tablet



f t Uivrrnn STATES `Plvrnivr arrete.'

SCOVEL C. STAOY, OF TEGUMSEH, MICHIGAN.

wRlTlNG-TABLET. i

4 SPECIFICATION lforming part of Letters Patent No. 263,613, datedAugust 29, 1882.

Application tiled December 15, 1881. (Model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Scovnr. C. STAcY. a citizen ot' the United States,residing at Tecumseh, in the county of Lenawee and State of Michigan,have invented a new and Improved Writi11gTablet,ot' which the followingis a specification.

My invention consists in the Writing-tablet hereinafter described,comprising a blotter, writing-sheets, gluing-strip, fastenin gs, piecesof twine or equivalent-s, and a cover with eyelet-holes in its back;also, in a tablet of writin gsheets glued together by a strip and pro,vided with a cover having eyelet--holes in its back edge, and tinedfastenings in the back edge of said tablet, securely fastened thereto bymeans of the strip.

In the vaccompanying drawings, Figure l is aperspective view of myimproved tablet and cover, one leaf of the cover and the blottersheet ofthe tablet being thrown open, and a little more than half the sheetscomposing the tablet being removed. Fig. 2 is a broken verticallongitudinal section on an enlarged scale in the line a* a: of Fig. 1,one lid or leaf of th'e cover being shown thrown open. Fig. 3 islahorizontal section in the line y y of Fig. 2.

To make my tablet-cover A two pieces of tag-board, heavy cloth, or otherflexible material, are glued or pasted upon the inner surface of amaterial known to the trade as leatherette.7 The piecesof tag-board orcloth are so attached as to leave uncovered a small portion, b, of .theleatherette. This portion b forms the exible back edge of the cover. Tothis uncovered portion of leatherette a strip of stout pasteboard orother similar material, c,.is

- attached. This strip is made narrower than the uncovered portion b ofthe leatherette, so as to leave a thin marginfof leatherette free anduncovered between the rearedges of the tag-board and the upper and'lower edges of the strip c. Y This strip c is confined in position by ahexible strip of cloth, d, secured in place by having its ends passedbeyond said strip c and pasted or glued between the leatherette andtag-board lining thereto. This construction forms a durable and flexiblecover. Through the rear edge of the leatherette, and also through thepasteboard llingc and the cloth strip d, eyelet-holes are cut, and intothese holes eyelets f are inserted.

Sheets of stationery or writingpaper form the tablet B. The rear edgesor ends of these sheets are united and conlined in position by over uponthe last or bottom sheet of the tablet, and not upon the first ortopsheet. Through this `piece. g, and before it is glued upon thetablet-sheets, fnstenings h, having two-times, are pierced, passing fromthe inside through the strip y, which fastenings are securely held inplace by the strip g'when glued against the ends of the tablet sheets.Pieces of twine or wire m are passed around the necks of thesefastenings and their ends carried up an inch or so above the top sheetof the tablet and tied in eyelet-'holes u ot' a blotter orblotting-paper sheet, c', as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the draw` ings.After these fastenings are pierced through the stripg and the pieces oftwine or wire are passed `around them'the strip of tagboard g is'thenglued against the back edges or ends ofthe sheets composing the tablet,and

around upon the last or bottom sheet of such thus holdingthe sheets ofthe tablet securely together and holding the tined fastenings and piecesof twine in their proper positions. The blotter-sheet of the tablet isstiffened at the points where the eyelets are inserted by a strip ofleatherette or tlexible material, so that the twine or wire by which theblotter-sheet :is attached to the tablet will not tear out theeyelet-holes.

The above description describes the tablet and cover as two separatearticles. By insertng the tined fastenings which project from the rearend of the tablet through the eyeletholes in the back edge of the cover,and by turning down said tines in opposite directions closely againstthe outside surface of the back edge of the cover, the tablet and coverare firmly and perfectly united together :as one article. Theblotter-sheet has a flexible connection with the tablet and can beadjusted readilyv for use. 'The tablet of writing-sheets also has aflexible connection with the cover by means of the strip g andfastenings la, while the lids of the cover are also flexible and per-IDC feetly independent in their movements from the tablet ofwriting-sheets, and at the same time all the parts are securely unitedtogether as one article, When all the sheets of the tablet shall havebeen used by straightening the tines of the fastenings at the back edgeot' the cover the skeleton of the tablet may be re- 'moved and a newtablet inserted in the cover,

as before, thus rendering the cover susceptibley of continued andindenite use.

I have described the tablet as having a back edge, the same as anordinary book; but as the sheets ot' the tablet are placed with theirupper edge against the portion of the cover known as the back edge 7said back edge becomes, in the use of the tablet, the top edge.

It' desirable, the blotter-sheet may have a calendar or businesscard, orboth, printed upon the upper side; and in some cases the pasteboardstrip or iilling at the back edge ot' the cover may be dispensed withwithout departing from my invention.

1n the above description `and drawings I have made use of two tinedfastenings in the tablet and two corresponding eyelet-holes in thecover; but a less or greater number of said fastenings and eyelet-holesmay be used without departing from my invention.

ings h, pieces of twine m, and cover A, with eyelet-holes in its backl), the Whole constructed and operating as described.

2. A tablet of writing-sheets glued together by a strip, g, and providedwith a cover hav- Aing eyelet-holes in its backl edge, and tinedfastenings in the back edge of said tablet, se-

curely fastened thereto by means of the strip' ,9, substantially asdescribed.

SCOVEL C. STAGY.

Witnesses:

` G. M. BURLINGAME,

GEO. N. S'rAoY.

